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墨斗

Mandarin · pinyin mò dǒu

carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

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墨: mò · ink; writing
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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4–3 · mo4 dou3

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mak6 dau2

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noun

carpenter's ink marker (inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
(Teochew, Singapore Hokkien, Hailu Hakka) cuttlefish

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